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May 10th, 2010 • 05:05

How To Wash Cloth Diapers With Baking Soda And Vinegar?

I am wanting to use and to hopefully help my cloth last longer. Do i put the powder where the laundry soap would go and the vinegar where the softener would go? What about borax? Would that be better than baking soda?

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  • May 10th 2010 • 06:05
    by Open Mouth Insert Boob

    What type of cloth diapers are you using?
    You are supposed to use an additive free detergent for diapers.
    I have heard of people using vinegar to rinse prefolds. But I would not use it on any other types of diapers.
    I have several types of diapers: all in ones, prefolds, pockets, fitted, and some bamboo fitted. I usually just wash mine all together with Planet Ultra laundry detergent powder.

  • May 10th 2010 • 07:05
    by divinein

    I am wanting to use baking powder and vinegar to hopefully help my cloth diapers last longer. Do i just put the powder where the laundry soap would go and the vinegar where the fabric softener would go? What about borax? Would that be better than baking soda?

  • May 10th 2010 • 09:05
    by Smurfy Keeps Going and Going

    Well, first of all, make sure you use baking *soda* and not baking powder.
    I put the baking soda in with the detergent (I use baking soda *and* a cloth diaper friendly detergent – Charlie’s Soap, actually – just a tiny, tiny bit). I put the vinegar in the bleach compartment *and* in the softener department with a few drops of tea tree oil in with it.
    I would use baking soda instead of Borax. It’s a little gentler.
    Line drying will also help your diapers last longer – especially if you have any PUL diapers.

  • May 10th 2010 • 11:05
    by chemical

    Sounds like a turd volcano… I say use soap.

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